20 interesting facts about jewelry

Throughout history, men have worn, sold, and gave great value to precious metals, rare gemstones, and jewelry. But even if you consider yourself an expert in matters related to them, perhaps in this issue you'll find a few new facts that will surprise you.

1. The weight of the largest pearls found in the wild, which is called the pearl of Allah or pearl of Lao Tzu, is 6.3 kg.

2. Jewelry collection of Queen Elizabeth II of great Britain is estimated at 57 million dollars.

3. Diamond "Heart of the ocean" from the movie "Titanic" by James Cameron was not fully artistic invention. On that fateful night along with the Titanic sank quite a large sapphire.

4. All diamonds over a long period of time turn into graphite.

5. Although the diamond is considered the hardest substance in the world, was created synthetic nanomaterials, which are much harder than diamond.

6. Despite the high hardness of diamond, it is quite fragile. If you hit it with a hammer, it will shatter.

7. Wedding rings was made mandatory for marriage by Pope Nicholas I in 860 BC

8. Opal may 30 percent consist of water.

9. Emeralds of very high quality are considered more valuable than diamonds.

10. Pure gold is always yellow, and the color is changed only if it is added to other metals.

11. One of the largest sapphires is called the "Star of Asia", and is now in the Smithsonian Museum of natural history.

12. All the gold that was mined in the history of the world, you can compress a 16-foot cube.

13. In the oceans is about 10 billion tons of gold.

14. Pearl is formed only in 1 out of 10,000 oysters.

15. Only one out of a million diamonds mined becomes jewelry.

16. The age of all diamonds is more than 3 billion years.

17. The most expensive jewelry you created for the movie, became necklace heroine Nicole Kidman for the movie "Moulin Rouge". The price was $ 1 million.

18. All 12 stones corresponding to each month of birth, descended from the 12 tribes of Israel.

19. Engagement ring worn on the fourth finger, as it is believed that there is Vienna, which goes to the heart.

20. Through many millions of years the Sun will turn into one big diamond star.